No

Why do I say yes to things when I want to say no?

Get a grip, CJ. You're thirty-five years old. It's way past time to cut out this crap. Thirty-five years of doing what OTHER people want you to, and what does it get you? That's right. So stop already.

(Some day, this will be called a handicap, and parents who raise children to do this will be labeled abusers. Improvement?)

Conversation that should have been

Person A: "Yeah, well, he's young."

Me: "Frankly, he's younger than I have ever been."

Running

What would it take to get me in shape to run Bay to Breakers?

( Crap, my tables are messing everything up! I'll hide them back here until they're debugged. )

Important Safety Tip

Never,

never ever ever,

no matter how desperate you are,

try to take pills with champagne.

(Especially big honkin' glucosamine-and-chondroitin pills. And especially, ESPECIALLY, garlic. You don't want to know what a garlic and champagne burp tastes like. Trust me.)

In other news, I am very pleased that Domaine Chandon "Cuvee Brut" champagne appears to age well. I've had that @#$! bottle for many years and by rights it should have been vinegar. It's lovely. Anyone who arrives at my house in the next fifteen minutes gets to help me finish it. After that I'll be asleep :-)